Alfred Abel Macpherson 1873 Adelaide - 1954 Surrey

I am looking for one of my relatives Alfred Abel Macpherson.... army records show him born Adelaide but I am yet to find him born there one minute show he was a Seaman then joined the Labour Corp. I am in England so unable to go to the record office

I went at the weekend to surrey record office because like you I went down that avenue. I saw a probate record showing Alfred Abel Macpherson died 1954 so I ordered the death certificate. I have also found an Alfred Abel Harris marrying in 1947 to a Florence Macpherson. On the probate it show him Alfred Abel Macpherson it shows his son Dennis . I have looked for a Dennis it show him born 1932 mother name Harris. Now totally confused I have asked his grandchildren they say the photos are not of him

My dad remembers seeing Alfred and son Alfred which I assume is from my great aunt Emma That he had dark complexion and tight curled hair I can send a photo of young Alfred if you think that will help

Colleen, What about the photo of him in his Royal Engineers Uniform - do the family agree that is him?

Sometimes it is hard to recognize people if you didn't know them at a particular age as their looks change

We have a photo of my husbands grandfather aged 20 in his WW1 unform and he looks so different to how he knew him later on that he didn't recognise him - same as one of my Uncles as he looked like a different person years later

This is all very mysterious & very interesting about that marriage to a MacPherson

Are the family sure that photo of young Alfred is actually him? If so then curly hair can change over the years